diff --git a/script/build/release/src b/script/build/release/src
index b6bf48b1..c390c63c 100755
--- a/script/build/release/src
+++ b/script/build/release/src
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ simple_fetch_list="${simple_fetch_list} bios_extract biosutilities"
 # do not add blobs directory here. it's handled below
 dirlist="resources util script include"
 
-filelist="lbmk modify build README.md COPYING update version"
+filelist="lbmk modify build README.md COPYING update version handle"
 filelist="${filelist} versiondate projectname checkgit"
 
 version="version-unknown"